Help me decide on a color for my Nashville Tele

[Hodgo]

I’ve got it in my head that I want to build a Warmoth Hybrid Tele into a Nashville meets Hendrix type thing. Neck is on order, which is a right hand reverse CBS style neck, 2pc maple/maple veneer, F style tuners etc in a vintage tint.

Pickups will be two Strat and a Tele bridge.

The question is what color body and pickguard?

Vintage White, Light Yellow, and Cream all seem like good ideas with a white pickguard:



But I’m open to any and all suggestions!

 

[stratamania]

What about Olympic white?

 

[Hodgo]

What about Olympic white?

That too, it seems a little brighter than the Hendrix RI Strats which are closer to Vintage White

 

[stratamania]

That too, it seems a little brighter than the Hendrix RI Strats which are closer to Vintage White

Olympic white when older may look more vintage white. That said for a Hendrix vibe though I would avoid cream.

If you need some ideas.

https://unofficialwarmoth.com/threads/max-goes-to-woodstock-gallery.32067/

 

[mayfly]

What about red, white, and blue? In sparkle? With cream binding?

 

[supertruper1988]

Fender has done several Jimi inspired guitars and they have all been oly white. Thats what I would go with for this.

 

[ragamuffin]

I'd go vintage white or olympic. Totally personal but I find light yellow and cream kind of ugly

 

[Hodgo]

I'd go vintage white or olympic. Totally personal but I find light yellow and cream kind of ugly

Light Yellow / Cream remind me of the Dan Smith era Teles

 

[Spud]

My Dan Smith Strat bought new with paper route earnings! 1982.

 

[ctownsend]

Pretty darn happy with Warmoth's Inca Silver (https://unofficialwarmoth.com/threads/warmoth-72-thinline-telecaster-in-inca-silver-with-wrhb.39323/):

 

[mayfly]

Nice case you got there!

 

[rockandroller]

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